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my thoughts on stamps, stamp collecting, philately in general and maybe a few other topics !

Monday, May 30, 2016

This past
weekend I had a pleasant few hours in Macau and was able to get to the post
office to get a copy of their latest issue. One I hope you enjoy seeing. A miniature sheet and a block of 4 designs.

The theme is “The Macao
Museum of Art”, “Communications Museum”, “Macao Museum” and “Lin Zexu Memorial
Museum of Macao” under the stamp series of “Museums and their Collections”
between 2003 and 2014. This issue is the
fifth in a series with the theme – Maritime Museum” It was issued on May
18th.

The
exhibition hall of the Maritime Museum has a distinct shape with a sailing ship
as its design concept. The Maritime Museum is three-storey high, with maritime
activities of China, Portugal and Macao regions as its major line; it is
divided into different thematic exhibition areas: Maritime Ethnology Exhibition
area, Maritime History Exhibition area and Maritime Technology Exhibition area.

This block of shows in the Divinity Chu Tai Sin, Octant, Tai To Junk and
The Black Ship.

Enjoy your stamps

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Monday, May 23, 2016

Hi, am studying Gibraltar with intention of loading more to the online store. Am finding it a challenge to identify some of the early QV but I think, maybe not?? I have this one correct. SG 18a and it is Mint with full gum and a clean hinge attached and with what I think is the '5' short foot. What do readers thinks?. The scans are a bit deceptive in my view as under magnifying glass the "short foot" on the 5 looks very more pronounced. Thoughts?

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Hello, today, 11 May, Hong Kong Post issued this beautiful miniature
sheet as part of their World Heritage in China Series. It shows the "Grand Canal" which was
inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2014. I will be using this on the next 10 orders
from my online store and getting the stamp hand cancelled so you
can be assured of a collectible copy - just visit me at the SG Marketplace storehere, or go to the Bidstart store hereand hopefully you will find
some stamps, from the 17,000 in stock, to fill a few gaps in your collection - everything is listed by SG number and many
by theme.

Some details about the Grand Canal: It comprises 27 sections with a
total length of 1,011 kilometres. Running through Central and Eastern China, it
embraces the Sui-Tang Grand Canal, the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal and the Zhedong
Canal as well as several major heritage sites.

It was constructed in sections from the 5th
century BC onwards. In the 7th century AD, the ruler of the Sui Dynasty
conceived of the Grand Canal as a unified inland transportation system for
conveying grain and strategic raw materials. Today, the Grand Canal not only
serves as a major transportation route, but also plays an important role in
communication, irrigation and water supply for the regions it flows through. The Grand Canal has enabled the exchange of
supplies between northern China and southern China over the centuries. As the
longest and oldest artificial waterway in the world, it testifies to the
country's remarkable achievements in hydraulic engineering.

The stamp sheet depicts a
picturesque view of the Grand Canal in winter snow, featuring scenic
attractions along the waterway such as the iconic Gongchen Bridge at the end of
the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal in Hangzhou and the Memorial Archway of the Ancient
Dongguan Dock in Yangzhou.

Wednesday, May 04, 2016

Hello, I received two
letters in yesterdays mail. Some nice stamps some might say. Sadly sellotape
over the definitives, would have been a
collectible piece perhaps. And not postally cancelled, again. Well at least it
did not have pen scribble all over it. Issued in 1993 as a self adhesive. Not bad to use a 1st class stamp
from 1993 which would originally have cost 24p at todays 1st class stamp rate of 64p I think
it is. Perhaps also interesting is that SG 2015 catalogue lists this stamp at £2.50
for a Mint stamp.

The other letter had the white “Label” (image enhanced so you can see it a bit
better) was also nice to see, although of course I would prefer real stamps,
LOL. I do like the bottom right hand corner text, “single use only”. Not quite sure how these can be used given
they have date and place already printed on them, but then the thought of
reusing these would never have crossed my mind.